be held at the New arket arena tonight at Boys of ages to play lacrosse are asked to attend whether they have a stick or not RENTAL SERVICE CLEANED JAREFULLV PRESSED AND TO PERFECTION Opt sis bantam baseball team the Stuart Scott grounds Ml fe5 I jff FOOTBALL GROUPING soccer team will be grouped with Aurora and Lindsay it was learned after a district soccer meeting at Barrio Mon day The local tenm will open its league schedule at home here May 26 with the in vading opposition The local team has started gym work Anyone interested in playing soccer is urged to contact Stan Gunn Ken Nelson or Arnold Nelson- Do it now NEWMARKET LEGION IN HARK AM TOWNSHIP Th Newmarket Legion soft- ball team was admitted to ths Township Softball I the leagues annual held in Markham on Tuesday- Three other teams along with entered PHONE the league race They were and Thornhil A second meeting will be held at next Tuesday to close the entry list and draw up a schedule Mickey Smith Doug James and George rep resented Newmarket at the meeting hockey is tout finis the season except and unhappy memories except for those amazing puekchasers from He ton and After five games the series remained a stalemate as before fans in arena came from behind a two goal deficit in the last four minutes of play to knot the count at Ten minutes of overtime made no difference and then lengthy harangue as to the method of settling the issue arose l- Last night in the teams played the first of A hand to Radio Station count series with the return Ontarios newest station opera t- garhe in on Friday from Lindsay and owned by night The odds favor the well known announcer Herb weraicheap from the referees angle bit deserved gave the dead game the chance they needed arid they made no mistake A total of fans has seen the five games have been played and it is safe to bet oyer will have been in the pews before the series ends Who says that hockey is dead and that the fans wont come out for a good attraction Come what may the finals will remain as producing the most exciting ho ckey seen in years two games by narrow margins while in the other two that PHONE CHAMBER OF COM YOU A COMMUNITY for on the series has won j May The broadcast was by Jack formerly of Belle ville who did a job were settled the Monarchs took Better listen to Fridays game a onesided count Add to that and cheer for Frank Lisks boys the fact that goalie Bob Kearns by remote control Come what is said to have a mental hazard may the folks in are against playing a goalstocount holding a hockey banquet on series and some of the Saturday night boys didnt seem too keen about Dodger Ceilings of continuing in play other than and West Toronto fame was suddendeath game at the game in and be- Well win or lose because the moaned the fact that Tommy series will be played to a finish because of exams at if necessary the Bees have Western couldnt be present brought honor to the district for the game Tommy really a great display of hockey cols when the chips are down and theyll never come closer to Dodger brought the good news winning a series than they did that the burgers of Bradford had Monday Cheap penalties spell- j reached over one hundred grand where Memorial Cup players ace and adjoining curling rink The balance needed is in sight too and come next winter Brad ford will be back with likely both intermediate and junior en tries This winter despite a short season and the hazards of natural ice youngsters took part in a sports program Such fellows as Frank Bob Bill Lotto Ken Tup- ling Joey Gasko Elmo Phillips Tommy Collings and others give the Celerytown boys the nucleus of experience Collings missed the Memorial Cup dinner held last Thursday at the Seaway hotel It will be recalled that Dodger was a member of the West Toronto club which lost to Pats in the series and of course Bill Thorns was a member of that club as well I had the pleasure of having a small part in organizing and ar ranging the dinner which drew 265 on two days work Nary a member of the Newmarket of 33 were present but on such short notice it was hard to get representa tives there banquet was a great af fair and come two years from now when the Memorial Cup is played here again it will rival the Grey Cup and Meet the Ball Club functions By that time well have a residence roster of In case you to be reminded its spring Messrs Reg George Kelly and Frank Aurora are going full steam ahead with the track and field program There arc many outstanding meets coming up this month Including the meet Saturday the Quaker Relays May and May or the Eckhardt meet at Aurora You are invited one and all to drop around and see any and all the above events The season is young but already your has seen several fine track performances Topper to date was that of Newmarket Highs John Longland John won both the and yard dashes at the School meet this week He did the in seconds and the in just nosing out a Pickering rival We think this excellent performance deserves recognition so John Is our Theatre pass winner this week H A S H l By George Haskett Newmarket Sports Editor J j it W m fi if ed the difference and they I for their new artificial ice pal- reside and Ill get a hold of Stan Smith Fred Thompson and the rest and organize a Newmarket table Speeches were humorous practical and short Mine Host Red Epstein provided a swell cuisine in a setting that merits your attention sometime youre out Sunnyside way so much for hockey which never seems to disappear from the Underwood keys Don Matthews leader of Au rora proxy Jim Mur ray club president and Doug Richardson the coach have all announced their retirement from an incident much to be regretted This trio has carried the cares and burdens of office over the past years and now feel that somebody else should go to work on the bench and with the coffee pot The situation leaves Aurora Softball up in the air with talk of an intermediate baseball club being formed some of the boys want ing to join and others said to be retiring There is no shortage of ball players however with Don Jim Jon Earl Mac- donald Ron Simmons Grant Winters Hal Stephenson Bob Hart Bob Chuck still around and there are others It would be too bad to see Aurora drop from the softball picture and Jack Robinson lis said is about to try and stem the tide However at press time the picture for a Township entry seem poor indeed Town League softbaR which has fizzled out ill the past years aside from providing good fun for the participants is said to bo ready to go and Friday night Bob and Hal Stephen son will welcome aspirants for two teams at the town park Mice to see both those young receiving the nod from the to continue on the sports parade Bob of course is a recent fugitive from the bache lor ranks having middleaisled it on April with Miss Mar garet of Midland Each of these gents expect to head a squad Other entries are expected from Rand Ontario Hospital Lake Wilcox Andy is toying While official figures are lack ing taking our own North York as a yardstick curling seems to be our fastest growing winter pastime and football ranks in the same category in summer Pos sibly in our own back yard Matt Walsh be giving us an argu ment on the latter statement with his blossoming minor la crosse program Matt is a happy man on this count The arena commission has granted him and his la crosse pals Bob Benville and Ed Adams permission to use the arena and our Newmarket Le gion sportsmen an going to sponsor the teams It is indeed good to learn the Legion is back taking an interest in our minor sport program To get back to soccer the great enthusiasm the local players and boosters is encouraging They came up with all kinds of sug gestions at an organization meet ing here last week In the past couple of years soccer teams have sprung up at Stouffville Aurora and and of course Newmarket has jumped into the competition fea ture of the sudden interest is that the local team will district opposition This was something that was lacking when Ken Nelson Am Nelson Stan Gunn Mike Speed Frank lips etc tried to get organized a couple of years ago Aurora soccer officials are so enthusi astic that theyre talking up a second team Worthy of note since we spoke of curling is the fact that a Newmarket rink Alan Bob Smith Moc Hall and Jack won the trophy the Bradford Curling clubs highest award The Bradford curlers are working on a new curling rink and expect to raise the necessary funds by a share sale procedure The II league present a smart circuit this year with OriMia Sunder land Tigers Port Perry and our own County as competitors At press time it hadnt been defin itely established whether Aurora would enter Andy Closs working on the idea Unless Maestro CJO is suc cessful in his organization plans it begins to appear that Aurora will have neither an intermedi ate hardball nor a softball club Jack Robinson returned on the maker we always like to see an even number of teams It makes our work easier How ever whether its nine or 19 well try to keep everybody happy Cuffnotes on a sunny spring afternoon Congratulations to our columnist pal Ab was returned to the OHA ex ecutive at the recent convention Next year we fig ure hell be in line to step up to a vicepresidency or higher Our Optimists have named Ross boys work the right man in the right place Ross succeeds Ray Smith who has done a tremendous job or ganizing the Optimists busy minor sport program over the past year The Optimists are planning a bantam entry in the North York minor baseball league Incidentally this is the big night in the minor baseball whirl League representatives gather here to frame plans for the coming season Entries are coming in steadily and theres a hope for teams Our man Broad- bent is starting to talk baseball will sponsor either a IS TRUE Fri Sat or junior club This could be the year for the DoNuts to win Ontario cham pionship honors The Hub never has won an Ontario baseball championship but has come close a couple of times A man of many talents is Lor- ing Doolittle ace hockey offi cial and an umpire of the high est calibre Now we learn he is a fisherman Thanks for the smelts a down will HiSports with idea intermediate baseball and receiving some good couragement from both players and fans so could be youll sec a eturn of baseball in Aurora Ret real ion Commission are meanwhile organizing the minor program which starts practice come Saturday Will Preston former Aurora now one of the best players at Aurora Highlands will captain the golfers at the Aurora club this year with the first tournament carded for the weekend of May 1921 Club president Brad Moore a big flux of members and were waiting patiently for efficient Andy to get his publicity release together soon The spring track and field id- jinks are in full swing Picker ing College defeated St And rew 138 in an interschool meet St Andrews Jim a is three event winner in the juven ile competition set the one owl established during the moot clearing the bar at foot in the jump- Dave Simpson and Peter lions chalked up a first and two sec onds each to lead Pickerings weekend from the Ontario Re- junior competitors Tony Alien creation Association convention and Newberry were other top and immediately set to work to Pickering point collectors organize town softball league Picketing College It now seems assured that the came out on top of Newmarket league will have at four and Richmond Hill in a Tri- including Lake Wilcox School meet Tuesday Picker- Jack like to see an inter- tng harvested points Now- locking schedule with a New- market Richmond Hill IDS market lvalue when and if fillch Newmarket and a league gets hero shared I he firsts in the senior Rumors and rumors only seem competition Pickerings Tony to be all that is stirring in re- Allen won the 100 yards Murray to a town league here How and about some of the old town the discus New- league officials Harold La- market winners were Dave Bert Kent etc making Purcell shotput feet any used car on our lot Purchasers must have steady Strikes And Spares Thirty mixed mens and ladies teams have entered Fred Counters North York doubles championship tournament Ploy gets underway at Saturday at the Newmarket Howling oiriy- Approximately athletes from all areas of the Georgian Bay COSSA district will be at Pickering College Saturday fur the annual COSSA get under way at 10 am and resume after lunch at pm and district citizens are welcome to drop up and viowthfe outstand ing track and field the initial move By press time Legion will know whether they have been accepted in the Towmhip league Mem bership in the league would give the local fans a fine brind of this season Mentioned as probable entries in are and leaguers were In a rule changing mood when they met last week They kicked out the old five mile radius ride and now the teams will be able to draw six miles It doesnt sound like much but it will prob ably mean the league will have couple of teams returning Another rule change will al low Willow Bench to compete for the Stan Cook trophy Messrs McNeill Don Cameron Charlie Sinclair Bill Ego will be overjoyed about the It looks like nine teams again this season Keswick Legion is the new entrant replacing New market Legion Art King Is the new president and Ken Itodfiins assumes the important post of secretary Other officers Harry Lavender- and League officials havent closed the entry list so any teams in the area wishing to enter had better ike their move immediately leagues chief inches Amos the half mile MA and Carl clipped off the In sec In Intermediate Newmarkets I John victory in the It sec j in sec featured Dave Jef ferson won the In a record- equalling sec and Wayne turned in a credit able seconds in the 410- Pickerings Jim King won the shotput with heave of foot I inches Paul was the lone IS scooter to win in the jun ior competition going too yards in sec Pickerings Tony Allen won two junior A events the 100ynrds and Gary Marr and Dive were other winning Pickering junior competitors Tills Saturday at College track more than of the districts speediest school hoy vie for honors in Georgian Ray meet Response has been terrific for the Quaker Relays reports Mr We have just two openings to fill in sen ior competition ho said Quaker Relays will bo run at Pickering College May We havent settled on a date for annual track and field meet reports George Kelly however we expert to make decision on the ma good credit ratings 9 MOTORS LTD 7 mm PHONE a 0 fc